'Shocked' definitions:
Definition of 'shocked'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Shocked'
From: GCIDE
- Shock \Shock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shocking.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp. chocar. [root]161. Cf. Chuck to strike, Jog, Shake, Shock a striking, Shog, n. & v.]
- 1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence. [1913 Webster]
- Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates. [1913 Webster]
- Advise him not to shock a father's will. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'shocked'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agape,
- appalled,
- bowled down,
- confounded,
- dismayed,
- dumbfounded,
- electrified,
- horrified,
- jarred,
- jolted,
- offended,
- outraged,
- overwhelmed,
- shaken,
- shaken up,
- shook,
- shook up,
- staggered,
- startled,
- taken aback,
- thunderstruck
Words containing 'Shocked'
- Shock,
- Shocking,
- Shockingly,
- Wind shock,
- Wood shock,
- anaphylactic shock,
- cardiogenic shock,
- culture shock,
- distributive shock,
- electric shock,
- electrical shock,
- hypovolemic shock,
- insulin shock,
- metrazol shock,
- obstructive shock,
- shell shock,
- shock absorber,
- shock jock,
- shock tactics,
- shock therapy,
- shock treatment,
- shock troops,
- shock wave,
- toxic shock,
- Shock-head,
- Shock-headed,
- insulin shock therapy,
- insulin shock treatment,
- metrazol shock therapy,
- metrazol shock treatment,
- shock-absorbent,
- toxic shock syndrome